English Newsletter English@AQA
... At the Globe, plays were usually performed in the afternoon, in full daylight and, ideally, good weather. Night-time scenes were, therefore, dependent on the imagination of the audience. The witches’ scenes in Macbeth, the late-night revelry in Othello, the terrifying night-time visits of Hamlet’s f ...
... At the Globe, plays were usually performed in the afternoon, in full daylight and, ideally, good weather. Night-time scenes were, therefore, dependent on the imagination of the audience. The witches’ scenes in Macbeth, the late-night revelry in Othello, the terrifying night-time visits of Hamlet’s f ...
Nothing Sacred - South Coast Repertory
... with little success. Yet from the moment of his accession to the throne, Alexander II moved rapidly and effectively towards its elimination, despite vigorous objection from landowners. “It is better to abolish serfdom from above,” he warned the outraged gentry, “than to wait for the time when it wil ...
... with little success. Yet from the moment of his accession to the throne, Alexander II moved rapidly and effectively towards its elimination, despite vigorous objection from landowners. “It is better to abolish serfdom from above,” he warned the outraged gentry, “than to wait for the time when it wil ...
the particular challenges of writing for outdoor
... played here. But it would make a mockery of it all to move the scenes to other places. In ‘Beauty’ the journey from man-made environment to the wild wood is central to both the plot and to the inner state of Beauty herself. And the journey to find inner beauty fits with taking the audience to a beau ...
... played here. But it would make a mockery of it all to move the scenes to other places. In ‘Beauty’ the journey from man-made environment to the wild wood is central to both the plot and to the inner state of Beauty herself. And the journey to find inner beauty fits with taking the audience to a beau ...
the tutor - Auckland Theatre Company
... one of the key themes of The Tutor. “At the heart of The Tutor is an examination of the way New Zealand has polarized into Left and Right, rich and poor, brown and white, and young and old with little regard for those in the middle. Education is a perfect example”. If you go to almost any social eve ...
... one of the key themes of The Tutor. “At the heart of The Tutor is an examination of the way New Zealand has polarized into Left and Right, rich and poor, brown and white, and young and old with little regard for those in the middle. Education is a perfect example”. If you go to almost any social eve ...
March 2009 - Diamond Head Theatre
... The weather was just perfect as more than 200 volunteers arrived bearing beach mats and chairs and ready to picnic. Everyone ate, relaxed and chatted in DHT’s gardens, then enjoyed terrific entertainment by Diamond Head Theatre’s Shooting Stars. Interspersed between songs were the very popular door ...
... The weather was just perfect as more than 200 volunteers arrived bearing beach mats and chairs and ready to picnic. Everyone ate, relaxed and chatted in DHT’s gardens, then enjoyed terrific entertainment by Diamond Head Theatre’s Shooting Stars. Interspersed between songs were the very popular door ...
Indonesian Theatre Ten Years after Reformasi
... defiled Indonesia. Many performances staged in this context conveyed a sense of protest at as well as lamentation for the state of the nation. Sometimes the political message was overt and blatant, as in the case of a show at the Lembaga Indonesia Prancis, the Indonesian–French Cultural Institute, ...
... defiled Indonesia. Many performances staged in this context conveyed a sense of protest at as well as lamentation for the state of the nation. Sometimes the political message was overt and blatant, as in the case of a show at the Lembaga Indonesia Prancis, the Indonesian–French Cultural Institute, ...
exemplars and commentary
... than the common folks around them. It would have made them savour the joke for a little while longer. On the other side of the scale, he would also be very blatant with obvious, or exaggerated sexual innuendos, bawdy jokes, puns, and over the top slapstick scenes in order to gain ‘easy’ laughs. He m ...
... than the common folks around them. It would have made them savour the joke for a little while longer. On the other side of the scale, he would also be very blatant with obvious, or exaggerated sexual innuendos, bawdy jokes, puns, and over the top slapstick scenes in order to gain ‘easy’ laughs. He m ...
2014/2015 season - Northern Light Theatre
... was a commissioned by, and received its world premiere with Shotgun Players in Berkeley CA and played at The Ashby Stages and Berkeley Rep, and then made its New York premiere at Abrons Arts Center in 2009. Beowulf received the Will Glickman Award for Best New play in the Bay Area. Other awards incl ...
... was a commissioned by, and received its world premiere with Shotgun Players in Berkeley CA and played at The Ashby Stages and Berkeley Rep, and then made its New York premiere at Abrons Arts Center in 2009. Beowulf received the Will Glickman Award for Best New play in the Bay Area. Other awards incl ...
The Theatre Historian in the Mirror: Transformation in the Space of
... viewed as searches for new types of rationality characterized by ruptures or breaks, rather than as a quest for origins. Those rules concerning utilization are "displacement" and "transformation" and chart a successive rather than progressive usage. The rules of operation affecting the ordering of e ...
... viewed as searches for new types of rationality characterized by ruptures or breaks, rather than as a quest for origins. Those rules concerning utilization are "displacement" and "transformation" and chart a successive rather than progressive usage. The rules of operation affecting the ordering of e ...
1897 The American Arts and Crafts style Ragdale house and barn
... Sarah Ruhl’s plays include In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (Pulitzer Prize finalist, Tony Award nominee for best new play), The Clean House (Pulitzer Prize Finalist, 2005; The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2004); Passion Play, a cycle (Pen American award, The Fourth Freedom Forum Playwriting A ...
... Sarah Ruhl’s plays include In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (Pulitzer Prize finalist, Tony Award nominee for best new play), The Clean House (Pulitzer Prize Finalist, 2005; The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2004); Passion Play, a cycle (Pen American award, The Fourth Freedom Forum Playwriting A ...
Ain`t Misbehavin` at ICT - International City Theatre
... learned by watching another pianist and performing solely by memory. Waller was one of the most popular performers of his era, finding critical and commercial success in his homeland and in Europe. He was also a prolific songwriter and composed many novelty swing tunes in the 1920s and ‘30s, but sol ...
... learned by watching another pianist and performing solely by memory. Waller was one of the most popular performers of his era, finding critical and commercial success in his homeland and in Europe. He was also a prolific songwriter and composed many novelty swing tunes in the 1920s and ‘30s, but sol ...
File - The Leisure Society
... What is spectacularly wonderful about this being a premiere of sorts in English, and the fact that it is happening in 2012 as opposed to when it was first produced and translated, is that the play is even more timely and poignant a story to be told at this point in our history. What with advances in ...
... What is spectacularly wonderful about this being a premiere of sorts in English, and the fact that it is happening in 2012 as opposed to when it was first produced and translated, is that the play is even more timely and poignant a story to be told at this point in our history. What with advances in ...
a doll`s house, part 2 - South Coast Repertory
... Lucas Hnath (Playwright) has written plays that include Hillary and Clinton, Red Speedo, The Christians, A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney, Isaac’s Eye, and Death Tax. His work has been produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival of New Plays, E ...
... Lucas Hnath (Playwright) has written plays that include Hillary and Clinton, Red Speedo, The Christians, A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney, Isaac’s Eye, and Death Tax. His work has been produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival of New Plays, E ...
Dance in Japan
... the gods, sent down through a sacred pine tree in Nara. Originally, the nearby villagers would all dance, with any one of them acting as an interpreter for the god. Eventually, they chose one man as being an especially skilled interpreter. ...
... the gods, sent down through a sacred pine tree in Nara. Originally, the nearby villagers would all dance, with any one of them acting as an interpreter for the god. Eventually, they chose one man as being an especially skilled interpreter. ...
Executive Director - American Conservatory Theater
... then designing a memorial might rely solely on an architect’s knowledge, taste, skill, and inspiration and in the end be rather uncomplicated. Unfortunately, our need to memorialize encompasses contradictory impulses, while also seeking to resolve the tension between public statement and personal fe ...
... then designing a memorial might rely solely on an architect’s knowledge, taste, skill, and inspiration and in the end be rather uncomplicated. Unfortunately, our need to memorialize encompasses contradictory impulses, while also seeking to resolve the tension between public statement and personal fe ...
One Man, Two Guvnors
... Carlo Goldoni was born in 1707 into a middle-class family in Venice. As a child, he was fascinated by theatre, playing with puppets and writing his first play at the age of twelve. His father attempted to distract him from a dishonourable career in the theatre by sending him away to study at various ...
... Carlo Goldoni was born in 1707 into a middle-class family in Venice. As a child, he was fascinated by theatre, playing with puppets and writing his first play at the age of twelve. His father attempted to distract him from a dishonourable career in the theatre by sending him away to study at various ...
Newsletters - NYU Steinhardt
... workshops, mounted plays, original play readings, and variety shows offered, there was something for everyone to witness and/or participate in. The festival's first weekend opened strongly with the fast-paced, hilarious and skillfully performed The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged. The followi ...
... workshops, mounted plays, original play readings, and variety shows offered, there was something for everyone to witness and/or participate in. The festival's first weekend opened strongly with the fast-paced, hilarious and skillfully performed The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged. The followi ...
the Cinderella Study Guide
... really only the 'obvious' variants. Many more contemporary stories use all the key elements. ...
... really only the 'obvious' variants. Many more contemporary stories use all the key elements. ...
Views and Reviews
... Jillian Keiley were among the directors, and Vikki Anderson, Rebecca Picherack, Kimberley Purtell, and Mara Gottler among the designers. Home to Tiresias, Oedipus, Jocasta, and Antigone, as well as lesser-known figures such as Cadmus and Harmonia, Thebes provides the setting for many significant st ...
... Jillian Keiley were among the directors, and Vikki Anderson, Rebecca Picherack, Kimberley Purtell, and Mara Gottler among the designers. Home to Tiresias, Oedipus, Jocasta, and Antigone, as well as lesser-known figures such as Cadmus and Harmonia, Thebes provides the setting for many significant st ...
Robert Corrigan - The College of Fellows of the American Theatre
... consciousness. It now seems clear that most of our talented and innovative young artists sensed this change, and as a result the most interesting theatre of the past decade is largely the fruit of their efforts to deal with this most difficult awareness. Certainly by the 1970s most thoughtful critic ...
... consciousness. It now seems clear that most of our talented and innovative young artists sensed this change, and as a result the most interesting theatre of the past decade is largely the fruit of their efforts to deal with this most difficult awareness. Certainly by the 1970s most thoughtful critic ...
A Doll` s House - UBC Library - University of British Columbia
... "I thank you for your toast, but must disclaim the honour of havin g consciously worked for women's rights . I am not even quite sure what women' s rights really are . To me it has been a question of human rights . And if you rea d my books carefully you will realize that . Of course it is incidenta ...
... "I thank you for your toast, but must disclaim the honour of havin g consciously worked for women's rights . I am not even quite sure what women' s rights really are . To me it has been a question of human rights . And if you rea d my books carefully you will realize that . Of course it is incidenta ...
Casting Policy - University of Utah Theatre
... Last November, we witnessed two troubling examples of university productions disrespecting a playwright’s intent in regard to casting. Clarion University in Pennsylvania had to cancel their production of Lloyd Suh’s Jesus in India after neglecting to inform the playwright that they had cast white st ...
... Last November, we witnessed two troubling examples of university productions disrespecting a playwright’s intent in regard to casting. Clarion University in Pennsylvania had to cancel their production of Lloyd Suh’s Jesus in India after neglecting to inform the playwright that they had cast white st ...
- NWCommons - Northwestern College
... community theatre and traveling road shows. Both of these popular forms of entertainment deserve coverage, but not at the expense of college and university theatre. I wish I could have forced that critic to share a ride with me as I attended these four academic productions. “Boring” describes very l ...
... community theatre and traveling road shows. Both of these popular forms of entertainment deserve coverage, but not at the expense of college and university theatre. I wish I could have forced that critic to share a ride with me as I attended these four academic productions. “Boring” describes very l ...
Playbill - NMSU Theatre Arts
... daughter of family friends who had died, came to live with the Franklins, and they adopted her shortly thereafter. The family returned to New York City in 1959 so that Hugh could resume his acting career. The move was immediately preceded by a ten-week cross-country camping trip, during which L'Engl ...
... daughter of family friends who had died, came to live with the Franklins, and they adopted her shortly thereafter. The family returned to New York City in 1959 so that Hugh could resume his acting career. The move was immediately preceded by a ten-week cross-country camping trip, during which L'Engl ...
Vsevolod Meyerhold 1874-1940
... Vera Kommissarzhevskaya after poor audience response to ‘Hedda Gabler’, in which all the original stage directions were ignored. A modern- day audience would perhaps struggle to suspend their disbelief in a performance that constantly reminds them of their setting in a theatre. Bio-mechanics is a di ...
... Vera Kommissarzhevskaya after poor audience response to ‘Hedda Gabler’, in which all the original stage directions were ignored. A modern- day audience would perhaps struggle to suspend their disbelief in a performance that constantly reminds them of their setting in a theatre. Bio-mechanics is a di ...
History of theatre
The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2,500 years. While performative elements are present in every society, it is customary to acknowledge a distinction between theatre as an art form and entertainment and theatrical or performative elements in other activities. The history of theatre is primarily concerned with the origin and subsequent development of the theatre as an autonomous activity. Since classical Athens in the 6th century BC, vibrant traditions of theatre have flourished in cultures across the world.